The Actress

I’m a very busy mother but I couldn’t go home without leaving a review , I don't use to come at the actress in a busy time like was today , but , my husband and I was delighted with the atmosphere! The actress is going to the right direction with the new management and team ,thank you so much . .

The actress is one of those rare places that works for pretty much every occasion- over the years I’ve dashed in for a drink whilst I feed a baby, fed hungry kids pizzas lunches, taken parents for Sunday roast, had girls nights out and settled in to watch the football. Bruno and the team have a real knack for quietly and unassumingly making you feel totally welcome and at home. A real community hub (The pizza is excellent too!)

This pub used to be so busy and it’s a lot quieter then used to be, I always pop down as it’s my local and easily spend £50 if not more always buy food and today first time ever I really didn’t like the cocktail the staff member tried it and was like that’s disgusting and not drinkable so they agreed with me I asked for a wine instead to keep it safe and the manager then disagreed and said I must buy the wine I would of happily paid the difference or paid for the wine and had the awful cocktail removed however the manager who did not taste it said I had to pay and I just think he could of been nice to let me swap my drink considering how much I come in the pub and bring people to this pub safe to say I’d rather go give my custom to somewhere else like the bishop: it’s a shame that pubs start going quiet but they never see it’s the small things that keep a customer happy. He clearly don’t have the Christmas spirit anyway the food is nice wine is nice but I won’t be returning because he could of easily put that drink down as waste instead he rather stand polishing cutlery watching the football looking grumpy FYI he didn’t even sip the cocktail to say that there was nothing wrong with it. Would of stayed for more drinks but he annoyed me so we had a glass wine each and left to go to another pub with nicer customer service note to self never try something new in a pub cause u have to pay the over price for the taste. Even today spent £30 would of been £50 if he was a decent person to not make us pay for the AWFUL cocktail funny pubs don’t look after their regulars like they used to well sorry some pubs don’t!

Great place, I’ve been visiting this pub for the last ten years on and off. The food is great, the staff is very friendly and the atmosphere is very cosy. It’s a fantastic place to get together with friends or watch football. I recommend visiting and having a chat with staff. The manager is doing a fantastic job.

Best pub in East Dulwich, maybe even South East London. Fantastic pizza and the staff are so so so friendly. Great deals coming up in January 👀. 10/10 would recommended to a friend ❤️

The atmosphere is just amazing ! Did ask for the free álcool moktail , wasn’t good but I know it’s not the sites fault … the pizza is the best in town and the manager Bruno was really really nice to us ! Such gentlemen!!! I do recommend this place

The food was incredible delicious, the staff was very polite. I definitely will be back.

Wow what can I say, took some friends from the country down to the actress, which I have not been too sorry in a couple of months, And the menu has changed, we took advantage of knowing a couple of the staff and they recommended we share some dishes, I thought I would of needed more but no the plate size and the recommended sides were just right for four Bruno and Lucy recommended to share, the monk fish, with seaweed may, pastrami board, a club sandwich with a side of chunky and skinny fries, This went down a treat and to be honest my friends were full and tried to order half pints after their food, to which the staff laughed at them until they ordered a full pint Great team and service will def come back sooner rather than later as I saw you still have the sticky toffee pudding on the desserts,

I’m a very busy mother but I couldn’t go home without leaving a review , I don't use to come at the actress in a busy time like was today , but , my husband and I was delighted with the atmosphere! The actress is going to the right direction with the new management and team ,thank you so much . .

The actress is one of those rare places that works for pretty much every occasion- over the years I’ve dashed in for a drink whilst I feed a baby, fed hungry kids pizzas lunches, taken parents for Sunday roast, had girls nights out and settled in to watch the football. Bruno and the team have a real knack for quietly and unassumingly making you feel totally welcome and at home. A real community hub (The pizza is excellent too!)

This pub used to be so busy and it’s a lot quieter then used to be, I always pop down as it’s my local and easily spend £50 if not more always buy food and today first time ever I really didn’t like the cocktail the staff member tried it and was like that’s disgusting and not drinkable so they agreed with me I asked for a wine instead to keep it safe and the manager then disagreed and said I must buy the wine I would of happily paid the difference or paid for the wine and had the awful cocktail removed however the manager who did not taste it said I had to pay and I just think he could of been nice to let me swap my drink considering how much I come in the pub and bring people to this pub safe to say I’d rather go give my custom to somewhere else like the bishop: it’s a shame that pubs start going quiet but they never see it’s the small things that keep a customer happy. He clearly don’t have the Christmas spirit anyway the food is nice wine is nice but I won’t be returning because he could of easily put that drink down as waste instead he rather stand polishing cutlery watching the football looking grumpy FYI he didn’t even sip the cocktail to say that there was nothing wrong with it. Would of stayed for more drinks but he annoyed me so we had a glass wine each and left to go to another pub with nicer customer service note to self never try something new in a pub cause u have to pay the over price for the taste. Even today spent £30 would of been £50 if he was a decent person to not make us pay for the AWFUL cocktail funny pubs don’t look after their regulars like they used to well sorry some pubs don’t!

Great place, I’ve been visiting this pub for the last ten years on and off. The food is great, the staff is very friendly and the atmosphere is very cosy. It’s a fantastic place to get together with friends or watch football. I recommend visiting and having a chat with staff. The manager is doing a fantastic job.

Best pub in East Dulwich, maybe even South East London. Fantastic pizza and the staff are so so so friendly. Great deals coming up in January 👀. 10/10 would recommended to a friend ❤️

The atmosphere is just amazing ! Did ask for the free álcool moktail , wasn’t good but I know it’s not the sites fault … the pizza is the best in town and the manager Bruno was really really nice to us ! Such gentlemen!!! I do recommend this place

The food was incredible delicious, the staff was very polite. I definitely will be back.

Wow what can I say, took some friends from the country down to the actress, which I have not been too sorry in a couple of months, And the menu has changed, we took advantage of knowing a couple of the staff and they recommended we share some dishes, I thought I would of needed more but no the plate size and the recommended sides were just right for four Bruno and Lucy recommended to share, the monk fish, with seaweed may, pastrami board, a club sandwich with a side of chunky and skinny fries, This went down a treat and to be honest my friends were full and tried to order half pints after their food, to which the staff laughed at them until they ordered a full pint Great team and service will def come back sooner rather than later as I saw you still have the sticky toffee pudding on the desserts,

Fantastic food and great service on a second visit. Sadly the pizza sucks hence minus a star. I ordered the beetroot, coconut and potato soup with chili flakes and sweet potato croutons for a starter. Man, it's awesome. Creamy and complex flavours, and a good size portion as well. Next I got the pesto, butterbean and pumpkin salad with pomegranate, lemon, rocket and chia. Again, fabulous flavours with big chunks of pumpkin. A bit heavy on the oil but still had me cleaning my plate. The service was also great. Our server, Lauren, was friendly and checked in on how our food, asked about refreshing our drinks, etc. Such rare good service in London. The only downer was the pizza :( The shrimp basil pizza sounds amazing and it looked decent- thin crust, lots of shrimp atop and pesto squiggles. But man, it was flavourless. I gave it away to some drunk teens down the street haha. They were quite happy!

Delicious pizzas and unusually alternative music make the Actress worth seeking out. The Actress also sells foot-long hot dogs, but it's the pizza that you should be making a beeline for. I don't know what makes it so delicious: it's cooked in a wood-fired stove, it's on a thinnish base, it doesn't have huge amounts of cheese. In short, it does a lot of the right things as far as I'm concerned. But there's something else I can't quite put my finger on. Just order one, and find out for yourself. I've had a few different ones, but for some reason the one that conjures up the most pleasant memories is the oft-slated by pizza purists 'Hawaiian' combo of ham and pineapple. Yum. The desserts are worth checking out too. Specialist ice-cream is the main dessert available and it's decent. But my favourite and which I haven't been able to stop thinking about, is the full-size dessert calzone they sell: a huge calzone stuffed with baked apples, caramel and marshmellow and dusted with icing sugar. It comes with a pizza cutter and a generous scoop of raspberry ripple. It is, indeed, huge, and comfortably big enough to share. But it doesn't say that on the menu, which means it must just be for one, right? Another unexpected stand-out in the Actress is the alternative indie and hip-hop soundtrack one tends to be treated to. One reason for this could be that the Actress is a participant in 'Secret DJ', where one can access and add to the playlist (songs playing, played or about to play) via the Secret DJ app on your smartphone. If so, then it appears the residents of East Dulwich like their hip-hop and alternative music, for whilst enjoying my pizza I was treated to the sounds of Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West and the Gayngs. Unusual to say the least and really welcome. It's the beer that rather surprisingly holds this place back. 4-5 years ago the selection here - standard lagers plus a couple of ales and Meantime London Lager - might have been considered slightly edgy. But the growing craft beer revolution sweeping London's pubs and bars means that today it looks rather conservative. Far better beer - both in quality and choice - can be found at the Draft House on Lordship Lane. Service is good, the interior with more than a hint of US diner to it, and the crowd a typical East Dulwich cross-section of young professionals and parents. I'll be returning. My flashbacks of the dessert calzone guarantee that.

Great local boozer in East Dulwich, fairly close to Peckham Rye too. Pizza oven offering some decent selections and a solid list of beers on tap and by the bottle. Wine list is a little limited. Service was great and the vibe really pleasant. Would recommend and return. ps. great name!

Nice pub. The only one in the area which has Sky Sports which makes it a frequent of mine. Great selection on tap, though it is a tad pricey for a local. Food always looks good, but I've only had a pizza slice which was disappointing. I'll update this review once I've eaten there properly. FYI - There is free wifi here which is very fast.

Service is always really friendly at The Actress and I love the fact that you can buy wine by the carafe. I ordered the Sea Bass which I was a bit disappointed to find full of bones and the accompanying thai style cole slaw wasn't nice but I know that lots of their other food is scrummy so I won't be too hard on them for this one.

Cracking pub with an excellent wood fired oven for original & excellent pizza. The pub has excellent beer, great music (& it utilises Secret DJ). For sports lovers there is a massive screen, which shows all the rugby (and no football).

Great food, nice layout within. Good they have a big screen for sporting events. The staff, bar one, appear to be suicidal. If I come in and spend money on a meal, when a staff collects the plate and cutlery having finished the meal, it is normally customary to inquire as to how the meal was, not just pick up said items whilst looking in the opposite direction to the patron, then walk away without saying a word.That is just rude end off.

A great hang out with friends either for a drink or two, dinner or Sunday lunch. A family-friendly and dog-friendly pub that offers great pizza. They also have an awesome calzone on the menu for dessert that is the size of both palms...stuffed with chocolatey, marshmellow, nutty gooey goodness. Hmm...you probably can get away with just eating that for dinner or you'd need some help sharing it with someone else.

Arrived to watch footy on a Sunday (which they advertise), and not only were they short a few servers, but they started watching F-1 instead. Poor management.

Awesome pub for sport, always a great atmosphere and I imagine it will be a great spot over the Rugby World Cup!

Just my local, actually live across the road. Staff are always out of this world friendly, food comes out quick smart and taste great, 100% would recommend.

Love this place. Here once every 2 weeks at least (would like to be there more!) great pizza's. love the fact they have a tab system (not always the best idea when you dont keep track of how much you owe!) all in all, great place, deffiently recommend it!